Ernestinendorf 1850 & 1857
Göbel 1857
Lilienfeld 1850 & 1857
Orlovskaya 1850 & 1857
Philippsfeld 1850 & 1857
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Updates to Colony Descriptions
The colony descriptions for Paulskaya (updated 2 April 2009), Krasnoyar (updated 2 April 2009), Hussenbach, Neu-Hussenbach, and Köppental have been updated. >>learn more
CVGS publishes its second book: The Volga Germans by Sigrid Weidenweber
Following the successful release of Catherine last August, the CVGS is pleased to announce the availability of The Volga Germans. It follows Vadim and Svetlana to whom we were introduced in Catherine to the German colonies along the lower Volga and into the lives of the fictional Meininger family and their friends who have settled in Norka and later move to Schaffhausen.>>learn more
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Arrival in Russia
From 1764 to 1772, 30,623 colonists arrived in Russia to start new lives on the Russian steppe. Most of the families came from German speaking lands although a small number of people came from other parts of Europe such as England, France and Scandinavia.
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